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Bogotá History, Art, and Faith Walk

Bogotá History, Art, and Faith Walk

Bogotá · Colombia

14 stops10 km2 h 3 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Bogotá’s historic core, beginning at Plaza de Bolívar and moving through museums, churches, and neighborhood landmarks. Along the way, encounter colonial collections, Colombian art, religious spaces, and the distinctive character of La Candelaria. The route finishes at Monserrate Sanctuary, giving the walk an elevated setting and a strong sense of arrival. Take this walk to connect Bogotá’s civic, cultural, and spiritual stories in one demanding but rewarding itinerary.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Bolívar Square

    Bolívar Square

    A civic square where Muisca ceremony, Spanish power, independence, and modern Colombia meet.

  2. Museo Colonial

    Museo Colonial

    A Jesuit college turned national stage, prison, library, and museum of colonial Colombia.

  3. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

    Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

    Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen is a Christian church in Bogotá.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. La Candelaria

    La Candelaria

    A historic quarter where Bogotá’s old mint became a museum among colonial streets and national power.

  6. Bogotá Museum - Casa Sámano

    Bogotá Museum - Casa Sámano

    Casa Sámano is a museum in Bogotá, Colombia.

  7. Botero Museum

    Botero Museum

    Botero Museum, a museum in Bogotá, Colombia

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.